Bita has built her name as a lawyer who defends women, and she believes she has seen every kind of case. Then a strange new file lands on her desk. Doran-e Asheghi (2015), directed by Alireza Raisian, pairs Leila Hatami and Shahab Hosseini in a drama about a legal fight that refuses to stay professional.
What is DoraneAsheghi about?
A successful attorney specialising in women's rights, Bita approaches her work with confidence and a settled sense of where the lines are drawn. The case that arrives at her office looks unusual from the very first meeting — a dispute that fits none of her familiar categories — and as she works through it, its consequences begin spilling past the courtroom and into the private lives of everyone connected to it, her own included. Raisian keeps the focus on how a single legal matter can force people to re-examine their marriages, loyalties and choices. Rather than courtroom theatrics, the film moves through conversations, silences and slowly shifting relationships, letting the audience piece together what this case is really about and what seeing it through will cost each character.
About the cast
Leila Hatami, one of the most familiar faces of contemporary Iranian cinema, plays Bita opposite Shahab Hosseini, an actor of comparable stature in Iranian film; Farhad Aslani, a reliably commanding presence in Iranian drama, completes the central trio. Director Alireza Raisian guides this cast with a measured, unhurried hand.
Context & significance
Mid-2010s Iranian drama was rich in stories built around law, ethics and family pressure, with filmmakers using legal disputes as a natural doorway into private life. Doran-e Asheghi — the title translates roughly as 'a time of love' — joined that wave in 2015, and it gave audiences a notable pairing: Hatami and Hosseini were two of the era's most admired Iranian actors, and seeing them share the screen was a draw in itself. The women's-rights angle of Bita's practice ties the personal story to conversations that were very much alive in Iranian society at the time. The film runs 95 minutes and leaves plenty for viewers to debate afterwards.
Watching DoraneAsheghi on K-Time
Doran-e Asheghi is available on K-Time in Persian. Anyone can read this page, but streaming the film itself requires a K-Time account login. Built for Iranian viewers abroad, K-Time offers a Farsi-first experience across smart TVs, phones and browsers.